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Friday, September 12, 2014

Rochester Man Sentenced for Possessing Ammunition as a Convicted Felon

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr.
announced today that Frederick Stokes, 36, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted
of possessing ammunition while being a convicted felon, was sentenced to 63
months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge David G. Larimer.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Craig Gestring and Charles E.
Moynihan, who handled the case, stated that Stokes was previously convicted in
2002 in Monroe County of Forgery in the Second Degree and in 1999 in Oneida
County of Assault in the Second Degree. As a result of these previous
convictions, the defendant was prohibited from possessing any firearms or
ammunition.

On April 12, 2013, members of the Rochester Police
Department Tactical Unit arrested Stokes in the area of Ringle Street and Post
Avenue in Rochester. Officers were looking for the defendant in connection with
an unrelated investigation.When
officers attempted to take Stokes into custody, he ran from them which resulted
in a foot chase. During the chase, the defendant discarded a dark, denim jacket
in the area of 93 Post Avenue. Officers arrested Stokes in front of 95 Post
Avenue and recovered the jacket nearby. They found seven rounds of .45 caliber
ammunition, which were placed inside of a magazine for a Sturm Ruger .45 caliber
semiautomatic pistol, inside one of the jacket pockets.

The sentencing is the culmination of an investigation on the
part of Special Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives, under the direction of James S. Higgins, Acting Special Agent in
Charge, New York Field Office, and the Rochester Police Department, under the
direction Chief Michael Ciminelli.